List of all Pentax interviews since 2006

By admin | Published: January 9, 2019


A PetaxForum member compiled a list of all Pentax interviews going all the way back to 2006:

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Ricoh interview at Nippon Camera magazine (recap)

By admin | Published: January 7, 2019


The January edition of Nippon Camera magazine has an interview with Ricoh/Pentax about their plans for 2019. Here is a recap:

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Happy New Year and the top 10 PentaxRumors posts for 2018

By admin | Published: January 2, 2019

  
  
  
Happy New Year to all PentaxRumors readers! Here is a recap of the top 10 PentaxRumors posts for 2018: Read More »

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ON1 Photo RAW 2019.1 released with support for the Pentax K-1 Mark II camera

By admin | Published: December 27, 2018


OnOne Software released a new ON1 Photo RAW 2019.1 version with support for the Pentax K-1 Mark II camera (see what’s new and list of features, you can also download a trial version here).

List of what’s new in version 2019.1 (13.1.0.6264) – ON1 Photo RAW 2019.1 includes improvements suggested by users as well as bug fixes:

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For a limited time only: 30% off Irix filters

By admin | Published: December 18, 2018


Adorama has a 30% discount on Irix filters (they are hydrophobic, oleophobic, with multi-layer anti-reflex coating). Additional information on Irix filters can be found here.

All Irix lenses are available for Pentax-K mount.

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New Ricoh GR III camera report by Mobile01 (no plans for a full-frame Ricoh GR camera)

By admin | Published: December 18, 2018




Mobile01 published their “hands-on” report of the upcoming Ricoh GR III camera that includes also an interview with Noguchi Hiroshi (general manager of the Smart Vision Business Division, Camera Division, and Product Planning Department). Here are some interesting points from the interview:

  • Ricoh can put a full frame sensor in the GR and make it about the same size as the GR III, but there will be some compromises, such as the quality of the lens. Ricoh thinks APS-C is the most balanced choice.
  • Rioch never considered a curved sensor for the GR III.
  • No plans for a full frame GR camera for now.
  • The GRIII was developed about a year and a half to two years ago.

Ricoh GR III camera “hands-on” video:

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Hints about future Pentax products (plus the original Pentax K-1 from 2000)

By admin | Published: December 17, 2018

Yaotomi Camera, a large camera store located in Osaka, organized on Saturday a meeting with Pentaxians together with the heads of sales, cameras and lenses from Ricoh Imaging/Pentax.


The guys from Ricoh Imaging brought with them a prototype of the HD Pentax-DA★ 11-18mm f/2.8 ED DC AW and the K-1 from 2000 (see attached pictures above), this camera which is identical (apart from the logo) to the MZ-D/ME52 prototype of a 24×36 digital camera with a  MP Philips sensor (the same as the one in the Contax N Digital) showcased by Pentax at Photokina 2000 but which surfaced for the first time in Tokyo on the 16th of July 2011 for a ‘touch and try’ event organized to promote the Pentax Q:


They freely discussed some of the Pentax products to come but these discussions were mostly off the records.

Yaotomi Camera made several tweets on the event and retweeted some participants tweets:

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